Miracle of crushed rider

A MAN given just a 10 per cent chance of surviving a torn heart and crushed spine after a horrific riding accident has amazingly returned to work.

Roger Bell crushed his spine after a horrific riding accident, but has amazingly returned to work. []

Property company boss Roger Bell, 63, said: “I was dead – and if it was not for the hospital I would not be here today. ”

Married Roger, of Lymington, Hants, was out riding in the New Forest when his 95-stone horse Danny fell and landed on top of him. Roger, pictured above on Danny, had 25 life-threatening injuries when he was airlifted to Southampton General Hospital, where he spent 34 days on life-support machines as medics battled to save him.

Roger is walking and cycling but he has stopped riding and Danny, 19 has been retired too.

Dr Andy Eynon said: “He was fortunate in being airlifted to a hospital that had all the services to treat him rapidly. It is good to see how well he has recovered.”